The second arcana of the Tarot has several traditional names, here are just a few of them: Isis, Gnosis, Gates of the sanctuary, Creative thought, The second element of the trinity, Nature, the Spouse of God, the Mother of all things, the World passive principle, the High Priestess. Popess. The card corresponds to the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet: ב (Beth). Numerical analog: number 2.
Description of the Arcana Tarot High Priestess
If the first lasso of the Tarot the card Mage (or magician) personifies perpetual motion and therefore the Mage is always depicted standing, then the Popess is the personification of eternal rest, therefore, unlike the Magician, the Popess is always depicted sitting.
The immobile and silently seated Popess radiates calmness and solemnity. In fact, we have before us the priestess of the ancient mysteries, Isis, the goddess of the deep night. Into the darkness of this night human mind unable to penetrate, unless the goddess Isis assists him in this.
His right hand The popess slightly opens the book of secrets. No one can read this book until they receive the keys to it. The keys are in the left hand of the Popess. One of these keys is made of pure gold and symbolizes the sun or the word, the verb, the mind. The second key is made of silver and symbolizes the moon or imagination, intuition . These two keys open inner essence all things.
This is a symbolic image of the patterns of knowledge of the surrounding world. Anyone who wants to penetrate into the numerous secrets of the nature around us must combine in his mind at the same time strict logic and extreme impressionability.
The popess is able to endow her adept with exceptional insight and thereby help to discern the true reality or essential nature of all things, which is always hidden behind a curtain of deceptive visions that are perceived by our senses as an objective picture of the reality around us.
For someone who is guided by his intuition and enjoys the patronage of the Popess, all the phenomena of this world are nothing more than a facade, a shell, a shiny wrapper that is absolutely impenetrable to physiological vision.
The popess is depicted on the steps of the temple, this is the outer vestibule of the Temple of Solomon. To the right and left of it rise the two columns of Jachin and Boaz. the throne itself Popess is located between these columns. One of the columns is red, the other is blue. The first symbolizes Fire or violent vitality, male activity, which medieval alchemists symbolized with the sign of sulfur. The second column symbolizes Air, the breath of wind that nourishes life, feminine sensibility, or Mercury in the language of medieval sages.
This painting symbolically depicts the realm of duality or Biner. The very duality that underlies any creation: Man - Woman, Subject - Object, Creator - Creation, God - Nature, Osiris - Isis, and so on, ad infinitum.
Behind the back of the Popess is a curtain that shimmers with all colors, which hides the entrance to the sanctuary. We can say that the majestic facade of the Temple symbolizes the entire visible, phenomenal world, the very diverse objectivity that anyone is allowed to contemplate.
The floor around the Popess is lined with black and white tiles, which symbolizes the peculiarity of our perception of the world around us. This perception is subject to the law of contrast. Our consciousness is simply not able to perceive the surrounding reality in any other way. If there were no darkness, we would never know what light is. If there was no evil, we would not know what good is. If there were no suffering in the world, we would never be able to enjoy happiness.
The meaning of the card in layouts
The importance of the High Priestess is immense. The meaning of Tarot cards in interpretation various layouts always tied to a particular situation. With the second lasso, everything is somewhat different. The popess shows not the events themselves or the assessment of these events, but the hidden reason, which until a certain time does not manifest itself in any way.
This reason can be interpreted as a kind of guardian angel who guides a person through all the trials and dangers of the world around him. This can manifest itself in practice in the form of an unexpected insight, an accidental clue in the form of a word heard in passing or an event seen. Subsequently, this word or a random event will force you to reconsider your entire previous life and radically change its basic attitudes and principles:
There are also several other types of values for this card:
Reversed position
Reversed Popess card more personified with a bad woman, of easy virtue, prone to black magic. Such a woman is characterized by a lack of insight, excessive arrogance and very superficial knowledge.
In the event plan, 2 lasso Tarot can be very important. This may mean a return to vital activity, after a forced period of isolation.
Impact on relationships
The popess has an extremely favorable effect on relationships. The whole semantic content of the lasso, in the case of a relationship, lies in the positive interpretation of the card:
If a person who already has a partner lays out the cards, then the fall of this card may indicate that their relationship is blessed from above. In this case, the Popess can only emphasize and detail the various positive aspects of this relationship. Namely: depth, tenderness, sincerity, devotion, fidelity and other paramount information.
For a person who has not yet entered the barque, the Popess can portend a very favorable period in life. During this period, you can safely plan important events such as marriage or the birth of children. You can be sure that there is a person nearby who you can rely on in a difficult moment of your life and who will share this life with you both in joy and in sorrow.
For people who are lonely and have not yet found a life partner, the Popess card is also extremely favorable. The meaning of the lasso in this case is interpreted as a blessing from above, which confirms the intention to create a family hidden in the depths of the soul.
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Other names for the second arcana of the tarot: Priestess, High Priest, Nun, Gate of the Sanctuary, Popess John, Lilith, The high priestess, Lilith, High popess, La papessa, The popess, La Papesse, Die Wissenschaft, La science, B - Knowledge, Knowledge, Divina Substantia, Divine substance, Femina, Woman, Natura Naturata, Creative nature, Gnosis, Wisdom
The High Priestess tarot card represents the powers of the subconscious: intuition and foreboding.. This is the key to a mysterious truth that eludes the logical mind. The Priestess knows that the truth that we can put into words is not eternal. The Moon Priestess is considered one of the three "guardian angels" - according to Christian mythology Holy virgin virgin can make a person invulnerable.
Light Side Arcana 2 High Priestess: an expression of patience, understanding, condescension and kindness, as well as the ability to forgive, the use of forces for the benefit of society.
Shadow side of the Priestess corresponds to the archetype of the "dark sister", using her spiritual powers to harm others, for example, through seduction or trapping.
Consciousness
The card can mean a period in which you should devote maximum attention to your subconscious: images, dreams and fantasies that arise in the depths of your soul - in order to lift the cover under which the High Priestess hides her knowledge - that Ancient Truth that humanity has to rediscover every time . The wisdom of Lona hides the secret of the polarity inherent in everything that exists in materiality: the faces of the white and black hypostases of Isis,
Relationships
In relationships, the Priestess manifests herself mainly from the light side, personifying mutual understanding, deep affection, closeness and kinship of souls, sensitivity, caring towards each other; confidence that we are connected with a partner by an invisible but strong thread. If the Priestess card falls during a period of loneliness, it means that such a lifestyle is now necessary and, most likely, loneliness gives us satisfaction. Or it can mean that a person is waiting, in a state of readiness for a new acquaintance, listening to his inner voice and not forcing himself to anything, or not letting others force him.
The inner meaning of the card
The Popess tarot card knows the way and is ready to guide you if you decide to go. You yourself are also capable of leading others on the right path. But the Popess must be careful. You should not worry too much about others or neglect your own abilities.
If you choose the true path of spiritual growth, then the High Priestess of the Tarot will use her understanding to nourish, teach, and protect you. The high priestess of the tarot personifies the understanding of the highest law, the embodiment of it or that measure of it, which is accessible to the understanding of mortals, the best use of our intellectual abilities.
The High Priestess is the feminine creative force, the mother of wisdom, the feminine aspect of God. It teaches that the knowledge you seek is within you, in your subconscious. To reach it, you need to go around your consciousness, not heeding the temptation of a sensual and vain nature.
Although the goals of the Priestess-Popes may be considered more valuable and less selfish than those of the Magician, the seeker of knowledge should not stop here. The popess in tarot spends her energy on teaching and educating others. This limits her ability for her own spiritual growth.
Affairs and Work
The Priestess means that either our occupation somehow belongs to her sphere of influence, a wide range of healing or esoteric activities, or we treat our work in the spirit of the principles of the Priestess: we approach tasks with an open mind and with patience, we are ready to hear and perceive new; We make decisions based primarily on intuition. If such an attitude to work is achieved and maintained by us consciously, a wonderful feeling of the Vedomosti arises - guidance from above.
Combinations of the lasso 2 tarot The Priestess in the layouts:
Gain:
Hermit: striving inward, searching for a teacher
Hanged Man: restrained activity, waiting
4 of swords: rest and peace, contemplation
5 of swords: peace
Weakening:
Magician: conscious passivity
2 of Wands: self-confidence
7 of Wands: aggressiveness
8 of wands: putting plans into action
Source for describing the meaning of the lasso card 2 The Priestess: "Tarot Tutorial". Author - Hayo Banzhaf
Moon. Ability to adapt. Builds a fortress when illuminated by the Sun. Intuition. The level of animal instincts and feelings.
The letter Gimel. Hieroglyph Camel. Wealth. Right ear. The color is blue. Great. Thrones - the third angelic rank, through which God Elohim (Tetragrammaton) maintains the form of matter. Providence and Reason. Number 3.
Only that which lives for the sake of the Highest is called purity; And the Highest is everything; be Panu Artemis. Read in the Book of Laws and break through the mysterious veil of the virgin.
Wisdom. Intuition. Introverted way of knowing. Trust your feelings. Ancestral magic.
Reversed card 2 lasso: Ignorance. Myopia. Lack of understanding. A superficial view of the issue.
Source for describing the meaning of the arcane card 2 The High Priestess: Aleister Crowley's Tarot Thoth Book and Tarot Self-Tutorial by Bridget Theler and Hayo Banzhava
The inner voice speaks not with words, but with the wordless language of the heart. He is an oracle who speaks only the truth. If the inner voice had a face, it would look like the face depicted on the card - alert and cautious, able to receive both light and darkness, symbolized by the two hands used by the Priestess. The High Priestess card represents the clarity that comes from the transgression of all dualities.
The inner voice can also be playful as it sinks into emotion and rises again to soar into the sky like two dolphins dancing in the waters of life. This voice is connected to the cosmos through the crescent-shaped crown, as well as to the earth being activated at the bottom of the card.
Direct position
There are times in life when too many voices seem to be pulling us in different directions. Strong confusion in such situations is a reminder of the search for silence and focus within oneself. Finding them, you can hear the truth.
The meaning of the card
Without finding the truth within yourself, there is nothing to look for in the whole of existence. Truth works through you. When you open your eyes, it is the truth that opens its eyes. You close your eyes, it is truth that closes its eyes. If you can just understand the logo, you don't have to do anything. Everything you do was done with truth. You are walking - this is the truth, you are sleeping - this is the truth resting. You speak - the truth speaks, you are silent - the truth is silent. This is one of the simplest methods of meditation. Little by little everything is settled by this simple formula and when you are healed you drop the meditation - drop the medicine. Then you live like the truth, a living, radiant, fulfilling, blissful song within you. Your whole life becomes a prayer without a single word - prayerfulness, grace, beauty, not belonging to worldly fuss; a ray coming from the beyond into the darkness of our world.
Divination card meaning: Wisdom. Sound judgment. Calm knowledge. Insight. Common sense. Teaching. Understanding. Education. Ability to teach others. Foresight. Intuition. Calm. Education. Objectivity. clairvoyance. The ability to comprehend. Perception. Confidence in your strength. Hidden feelings. Insensitivity. Inability to empathize. Lack of patience. Inconvenience. Spinster. Platonic relationship. The tendency to avoid situations in which you need to show feelings. Talks too much from time to time. Sometimes too practical. Good teacher.
Reversed Card Meaning: Ignorance. Myopia. Lack of understanding. Selfishness. Obtaining superficial knowledge. False judgment. Lack of depth. self-conceit.
Value in the layout
Direct or Positive: Wisdom, clarity, knowledge and understanding. Judgment, ability to know, mystery, science, art. The ability to learn and teach. There may be secrets that will be revealed in due time.
Reversed or negative: superficial knowledge or even ignorance. Inability to clearly judge objects and events. Cloudy thinking, prejudice and one-sidedness. In addition, unwillingness or fear to make decisions.
The second lasso of the tarot is the Priestess, sometimes the High Priestess, she is also the Popess, and in the Egyptian Tarot, the Gate of the Sanctuary astrologically corresponds to the Moon. The name of the tarot card Popess is a mistranslation from American English, where the word the Pope means not only and not so much the pope as the priest of any of the religions.
According to legend, Pope John was a girl. From here, the map is credited with a connection with Popess Joanna. The fact that dad was gaining weight did not surprise anyone (he eats well), and only when he was born a child in the corridor of the Lateran Palace did everyone know that the dad was a woman.
On the columns, between which the Priestess is placed in the tarot, the Hebrew letters Yod and Beit are often affixed, meaning the words Yachin and Boaz, which means the Sun and the Moon in translation. With these letters, King Solomon ordered to decorate two columns in his temple, built in Jerusalem. Hence the name in the Egyptian Tarot of the Gate of the Sanctuary. These letters symbolize the unity of opposites: man and woman, day and night, life and death.
Until the 16th century, the figure of the Priestess on the tarot lasso was adorned with the papal tiara - symbolizing at that time one of the four most important virtues - Prudence. In the hand of the Priestess is a scroll - a book of knowledge. Medieval fortune-tellers associated this card with Gnosis - the knowledge of truth. The high priestess personifies the hidden part of the spiritual principle - the subconscious. On the tarot card, the Priestess is also depicted with a crescent moon. The cut fruits of the pomegranate, related to the Popess, are a symbol of the feminine sensual principle. Water is often visible. The moon and water are the opposite of fire and the sun - the symbols of the masculine principle, personified by the Arcana card 1 Mag.
Priestess - the first not-I, which Arkan 0 Jester meets on his way. To understand another person, a person must first find in himself what unites him with this person; therefore, the High Priestess card also means harmony, based on the balance of opposite principles.
Meaning of the card: Don't look for explanations or justifications for the decisions you make. Obey the feeling - the inner voice. He will not deceive. You have great inner strength and could heal the sick if you wanted to. Do not give too much of this power to petty everyday concerns. Appreciate every minute that you can devote to yourself to listen to your inner voice. Be worthy of yourself. But don't put yourself on the throne. Keep the clarity of feelings and thoughts, but do not show excessive coldness towards others.
In practical divination, Arkan 2, the Priestess is the highest hypostasis of the Moon: intuition, empathy, work with subtle plans. In everyday life: the harmony of internal and external, spiritual and physical, the feminine in its entirety, - as a statement of fact or as advice - what should be strived for.
In some cases, the Priestess tarot card indicates possible pregnancy and the birth of a child. Sometimes it is simply an indication of a certain female person (daughter, mother, wife).
Reversed Priestess: An indication of a lack of intuition or advice to use not intuition, but logic. For women - female diseases or complications during childbirth. For men - problems in relationships with women.
For businessmen: Advice to act through a woman or resort to the help of an intuitive (fortune teller, astrologer, psychic).
Images of pomegranates connect the High Priestess with Persephone, the ancient Greek goddess of the underworld, pointing to the treasures hidden in the depths of our subconscious. The horns of the headdress suggest a connection with the ancient Egyptian goddess Isis. Numerous images of the moon, such as the crescent of the month, indicate the close connection of the Popess with this celestial body. The crown of the Priestess reflects the three phases of the moon: the full moon in the form of a circle in the center and on either side of it are the crescents of the waxing and waning moon.
Symbolism of the lasso
Tarot card Arcana 2 Priestess reveals the rich world of the subconscious. In everything one senses the presence of potential forces still hidden from our eyes. Only time will reveal these forces under the veil of secrecy. To gain access to the secrets of the Priestess, one must have a receptive mind and a serene state of mind. It may take time and perseverance for the sprouts of new life to take root within us and sprout towards the sun, to rise above our everyday life and overcome the hidden abysses of the spiritual world. The High Priestess symbolizes the relentless pursuit of spiritual wisdom and knowledge and points us to the need to unlock our inner potential. She personifies the feminine principle of nature, aimed at comprehending the deep essence of our nature. In conditions of silent self-contemplation, we can be visited by an insight that reveals the secret phenomena of life, often inexplicable in words and accessible only to intuitive understanding.
Map interpretation
The choice of this card means that you feel the need for solitude and peace. You are encouraged to look within yourself, and not look for answers to your questions in the outside world. There may be an interest in the occult sciences and a desire for esoteric knowledge, a passionate desire to learn more about the secrets hidden in the depths of the soul, although they can only be opened at a time predetermined from above. Whether you realize it or not, you are in the process of growth and maturation, the main stages of which pass almost imperceptibly for you. It may seem that outwardly you remain unchanged, but something new is already ripening from the inside. External activity fades into the background as you focus on your inner world and rely entirely on your own intuition.
Wisdom is more mobile than any movement and by its purity passes through everything and penetrates. She is the breath of the power of God and the pure outpouring of the glory of the Almighty: therefore nothing defiled shall enter into her. She is a reflection of pure light and a pure mirror of God's action, and an image of His goodness. She is one, but she can do everything, and, being in herself, she renews everything...
Book "Wisdom of Solomon"
Description of the card and its inner meaning
Somewhere in the unexplored distances, behind the green sea of the forest, a mountain rises, along which a path winds like a narrow ribbon leading to the very top. Climbing up, you will encounter the High Priestess guarding the entrance to the cave where the Great Knowledge is hidden. The popess is the mother of all that exists. She is also called the Divine Isis - the second hypostasis of the One Universal Spirit. The High Priestess personifies the World Passive Beginning coexisting together with the Active Beginning. The One Universal Spirit in the aspect of the second Arcana results in the doctrine of the Absolute Truth. High Priestess - Divine, manifested by Great Knowledge. Unlike the Magician who seeks to manipulate the world, the High Priestess comes to protect and teach. She understands how reality works. It is this understanding, and not the ability to control dark forces, that is the essence of her being.
Connection of The Priestess card with the occult sciences
According to the Kabbalistic keys, the High Priestess card is identified with the letter Beth, which in this case will sound like this: "The number is proof of living unity." The second Arcana connects the sephirah Kether with the sephiroth Tipheret, passing through the invisible sephirah Daat, which connects the human with the divine. The Popess card is a translator of the higher will into the real world by a wave of invisible influence that spreads over the entire globe. The transition of the hidden to the obvious is controlled by the Moon, with which the second Arcana of the tarot corresponds.
Bet - the number serves as proof of living unity
Letter - B, number 2
Ruled by the planet - Moon, Lilith
Correspondence according to the Book of Changes - 29 hexagram ("Abyss")
Rune matching - rune Laguz (Laguz)
Time of day - night
Weather conditions - snow or cold,
Color - turquoise
Chakra - thymus chakra
According to Kabbalah, it connects the sephirah Kether with the sephirah Tipheret.
Direct position cards
The second Arcana is identified with a wise and independent woman, accustomed to trusting only herself. Strong-willed and diplomatic, possessing high psychological qualities, she is able to teach and educate, to share genuine knowledge, but hidden from other people. The High Priestess card in describing the situation has the following meanings: wisdom, intuitive understanding of the essence of any issue, clarity of thinking, creative imagination, sublime love, the ability to know and reveal secrets. The popess says that the knowledge that a person is looking for is inside him, and in order to get it, you need to learn how to turn to the subconscious, not paying attention to the vanity of this world.
Reversed card position
In describing a person, the card tells about a woman prone to extremes in the manifestation of character. For example, due to the habit of not trusting anyone, she may become too suspicious (up to the manifestation of various manias). Or, conversely, may show excessive concern for someone. Such a woman will be able to dissolve in others and forget about her own life. The second Arcana can also mean ignorance, stupidity, a biased assessment of the situation, inflated self-conceit, weakness, fear or unwillingness to make a decision, gullibility and amorousness, daydreams, a gloomy mood, self-destruction or the manifestation of any mental abnormalities, inability to build relationships with people of the opposite sex .
The High Priestess knows the path to follow and is ready to lead all comers. If she personifies the Questioner, then this means that he is able to lead people along the path of Truth. The advice will be: "Do not look for any explanations or justifications for all those decisions that you make. Listen to your inner voice, rely on intuition, but do not give this power to everyday trifles. Do you want to know the answer to a specific question? It is inside you."
In some cases, the Priestess describes a person's great fatigue from life lessons learned. In addition, if a situation regarding the personal life of the Questioner is covered, then the Arkan Priestess who has fallen out answers that this person will be lonely.
The High Priestess is a mysterious figure sitting between dark and light pillars. It symbolizes neutrality between positive and negative, between refusal and acceptance. The cover, fixed between the columns, hides the entrance to the temple from the eyes and personifies the mystery of life. We cannot look inside or pass because we do not yet fully understand what the veil hides. All we can do now is watch, learn and wonder. This card often indicates intuitive or psychic gifts and a need to learn from others. She also talks about the need for peace and tranquility. Sometimes the best option is to do nothing, because peace gives you the opportunity to reflect on life, on the reasons and goals of your own actions. Many of us, by trying to avoid problems and shortcomings that would have to be dealt with, successfully avoid change for the better as a result. The priestess warns against this.
Questions to ask when drawing the High Priestess card:
- Are you honest with yourself?
- Who do you want to be in this world? What human qualities do you admire? And don't you think that these qualities should be yours? How can you buy them?
- Do you need time to think? Will this be of any use?
- Are you too involved in someone else's life? Have you forgotten who you are?
- What knowledge is trying to come to you through sleep?
- What is your intuition telling you?
Key Ideas
Don't act for the company. Instead, listen to yourself and do what your heart tells you to do. You cannot change what you are not aware of. What worries you should not be taken lightly. It is time to make your own decisions and take responsibility for them.
Friends
Straight card: Making friends with you is a great success for any person, because you listen carefully to everyone and do not try to judge. You are able to get along with anyone. This card can also mean that you have a kind, generous and caring friend who will provide support.
Reversed: You are guided by the influence of your peers. You are under their pressure and do not think about yourself at all. This can lead to huge problems. Many of your so-called friends will be happy if you are responsible for their undertaking.
Goodbye
Straight Card: Now you need a relationship in which both partners are attentive to each other's needs. If you are dating someone, make sure that he or she is your soulmate, that there is an inner closeness between you. When in doubt, do not bind yourself to something that you may later repent of.
Reversed: You neglect other areas of your life and spend too much time waiting for a call or call. Expand and develop your interests. Let people fall in love with you, not because you are looking for love, but because you love your life and many of its components.
Studies
Direct card: You know what needs to be done clearly and what is not very important. Assessing what is right and what is not, trust your own instinct. Do not let the chatter of one of your friends influence you.
Reversed: Do not go further with the crowd. Stop and decide for yourself.
Interests
Upright Card: There are supersensory experiences in your life, you explore and develop your gift.
Reversed: Telling people you are a psychic is not The best way find yourself. First understand who you are, and then think about the development of psychic power.
Appearance / Health
Upright Card: There is always something otherworldly going on with you. This mysterious property is convenient for you, and it is very intriguing to other people.
Reversed: Do not neglect your health for the sake of spiritual matters. Pay attention to food. Stop losing or gaining weight. You need fresh air and exercise.
Family
Upright: You are well versed in family matters and demonstrate a deep understanding beyond your years. Pat yourself on the shoulder.
Reversed: You are too much affected by family problems. Don't let the affairs of your relatives overshadow your own (very pressing!) needs.
Money
Direct Card: Money is not that important to you. You can get it, you can refuse it, you can spend it. It gives you a sense of freedom and opens up creative possibilities.
Reversed: Yes, you don't need money to be happy. But this is no reason to consider them completely unnecessary. Watch where you put them. If you don't have to spend, don't spend. Money used wisely can bring countless benefits to you and others.
Divination in half a minute
A girl named Laura had unusual dreams and insights about the future. She always knew who was calling on the phone before picking up the phone and not looking at the caller ID. She tried to talk to her mother about it, but she thought Laura was making it all up. The High Priestess often denotes the strong influence of a woman in someone's life. For Laura, fortune-telling confirmed that she was still a psychic, but the dropped card also means a secret. The card said that Laura needed to keep this part of her life a secret for the time being. When the girl is a little older, she will be able to explore her abilities in any way she wants - and she and her mother will have a reasonable conversation on this topic.
Map matches:
Thought Form: Knowledge.
Number: two.
Hebrew letter: Bet.
White color.
Stone: opal.
Astrological analogy: Moon, Moon in Taurus.
Mythological correspondence: Isis.
Mythological dossier
Description of the second arcana tarot
In the portal of the temple, between two columns, stands a woman with a magic staff and a crown. This is the High Priestess in the form of the goddess Isis. To the right of it is a red column, to the left - a black one. Red color denotes a pure mind and its soaring above matter, black - the captivity of the impure mind in the bonds of matter. In addition, these are two principles: active and passive, male and female, internal and external. The balance between them must be observed when entering the temple of Isis. The columns can be seen as a portal, and the figure of the Priestess as the Guardian of the Gate. To pass through the gate, you do not need to destroy or appease the High Priestess. You need to be like her.
The blue clothes of the Priestess symbolize the psyche (the element of Water), intuition and the ability to perceive. The white color of the card speaks of the spiritual purity necessary for entering the temple. The pinkish color of the skin is a symbol of the frailty of a person that needs to be overcome. In her left hand, Ankh is a symbol of eternal life. There is no green hope on the map, for the Priestess already knows the future.
On the head of the Priestess is a golden crown in the form of a kite (Nekhbet) and with the horns of a Heavenly cow (one of the attributes of Isis), between which the sun disk burns. It symbolizes the three worlds: physical, mental and spiritual. The horns of the crown protrude beyond the frame of the picture. The Priestess is the only character in the deck who has managed to overcome these limits. The essence of the card is the wisdom and understanding of the laws underlying the universe.
The meaning of the card in the layout
The Priestess is a wise woman with great inner strength, intuitive understanding and the capacity for spiritual love.
In a straight position
The Priestess card means wisdom, intuition, understanding. The ability to penetrate the innermost secrets, learn and teach. It symbolizes creative forces, imagination, is, as it were, a hidden side of the creative process. It can mean hitherto hidden factors affecting work and personal life. Secrets, secrets, unknown influences of the psyche on others and circumstances that will be revealed in due time. Now little depends on you, rely on your intuition. Be prepared for excessive energy consumption. In the future - secrets, changes, throwing from side to side.
Card advice. Trust your intuition and your feelings. Everything you want to know is already stored in your subconscious. Boldly knock on the gates of the future, and they will open to you, but carefully study the path that you are stepping on.
In an inverted position
This is either a weak, dependent, overly impressionable woman, or, conversely, a despotic, vindictive manipulator. It is possible that there is a discord between ethical standards and actions, which can lead to misfortunes and negative changes.
The Priestess reversed signifies problems resulting from a lack of insight and foresight. This is a symbol of superficial knowledge, sometimes arrogance and arrogance.
For a man, perhaps, it speaks of the rejection of such character traits as: tenderness, gentleness, sentimentality, caring.
Advice. Do not overly trust your feelings, as you are not able to adequately assess what is happening and are full of illusions. Keep silent about your plans so as not to provoke opposition from people. Try to figure out your moral system.
If the Magician is "I", then the High Priestess is knowledge. And together they bestow self-knowledge. The truth of the Priestess can be seen only through the sacred mirror of the symbol, and it is expressed in moods and emotions.
This card suggests that you spend time alone, withdrawing into seclusion, listening to the natural rhythms and cycles of your body and nature. It speaks of how you or someone you know acts mysteriously, coldly, and aloofly, while compassionately giving understanding and guidance to others. It implies that you are keeping some secret or protecting your personal space, not wanting to let anyone into it. An attempt to find the deep meaning of what is happening, to comprehend its spiritual purpose and value will give new meaning your life and work. Perhaps you will receive help or advice from a wise woman, counselor or mediator, or you yourself will become an attentive sympathetic listener to someone. Hidden motivations or implicit factors may influence the decision or negotiation process. You may experience a supersensory connection or intuitive contact with someone, or suddenly find yourself in the role of femme inspiratrice, - Inspirer.
Perhaps the sexual experience has had a healing, internally transforming effect on you. Hormonal cycles can have a direct impact on your perception. Maybe the card suggests that it's time to go into dreams, meditate, or just pay more attention to mood changes. You may seek inner guidance or advice that will help you understand where your path lies next - that very middle path, alien to extremes.
Sometimes the card indicates that the past has too much influence on the present. IN esoteric work The High Priestess recommends reconciliation and unification of opposites. This is a card of mystery and inner feminine wisdom. It is a vessel of divination, a maiden who floats with the lunar ebb and flow and cycles of knowledge. In the temenos, temple or sanctuary of self-knowledge, you will gain insight into the nature of your hidden, esoteric, inner self. Intuition is your teacher and guardian of your visions. The card can also remind you that you have forgotten something important. As Socrates said, "What we call learning is just a process of remembering."
The traditional meanings of The Priestess: mystery, secrets, wisdom, knowledge. Unknown future. Intuition. Retirement, retirement, refuge, withdrawal, meditation. Silence, caution, restraint, prudence, peace. Teaching, education. Memory. A female querent or some woman showing interest in a querent.
Reversed High Priestess (Pope)
The Reversed Popess may say that at the moment you have poor contact with your own intuition, it is difficult for you to remember your dreams and understand what your true feelings are. Perhaps you deny your inner wisdom, which has feminine qualities, or do not have access to it.
Some people feel much more comfortable with a reversed High Priestess than with the deep undercurrents of a straight card. At one end of its spectrum, you leave your shell and step out into the open world, fearless and clinging to nothing to indulge in superficial pursuits and hobbies. On the other hand, you become even more formalist, headlong into business, into isolation, you may even feel trapped.
The inverted Popess also means sexual lack of demand, or, on the contrary, debauchery, inner dissatisfaction and suffering from a lack of opportunities. By daring to act contrary to the expectations of others and refusing to work as a foot mat, the querent, if it is a woman, risks being branded as a witch or just a bitch. The card can also speak of a lack of female friendship or betrayal by a woman. In general, it increases the feeling of superficiality and distance in relationships - unless, in the context of position and alignment, it can not be interpreted as a return to the world after a period of isolation. Usually, the Nun card indicates a feeling of loneliness and a lack of self-confidence, although it may also indicate that you are now acting entirely alone. Sometimes she hints at erotic passion, seduction and debauchery, or, conversely, at an unwanted sexual relationship.
Perhaps your purity will be threatened - literally or symbolically. If you act as an inspiration, mirror, or mediator to someone else, you may experience loss of yourself, dissolution into the other person, and doubts about your own identity. The secret becomes clear or is completely denied; your trust turns into someone's betrayal; intrigues jeopardize personal relationships. The serene yet receptive surface of the lake of your soul suddenly ripples and the waters turn cloudy. When projecting the properties of the reversed High Priestess onto other people, you may perceive them either as sacred and inviolable, or as irrational, erratic, promiscuous, and too independent. You suspect them of coldness, superficiality, insincerity, or, conversely, you firmly believe in their delicacy and fragility of mental organization.
The High Priestess reflects your anima, so what you see in the reversed card is likely to hit you in the most unpleasant way. In terms of health, this can be problems with menstruation or other female ailments, cycle disorders of any kind. Since this card is associated with the Moon, hormonal mood swings and behavioral aberrations are possible. Perhaps the current treatment program needs to be adjusted.
From a shamanic and magical point of view, the appearance of this card suggests that the time has come to turn to the dark, otherworldly hypostasis of the Goddess. These are lunar rituals, women's rites, secret societies and the difficult path of the heroine, which runs through the fields and wastelands of the lower world. It is also trance and dreamwork, divination, mediumship, sorcery and spirit possession.
Traditional inverted meanings: passion, ardor, zeal, excitement, excitement, excessive sentimentality. Hotness. Acidity. Irony. Superficiality and shallow knowledge, narrow-mindedness, ignorance. Selfishness. Intrigue, hidden intentions, deceit, pretense. Revealing the secret. Erroneous estimates or judgments. Laziness.
Tarot cards are one of the best magical tools. With their help, you can solve difficult situations, get answers to questions and predict the future. There are usually 72 cards in a deck, each of which has its own meaning both individually and in combination with others. One of the most important cards is the high priestess. It symbolizes wisdom, intuition and understanding of all the subtle facets of the inner world. Its position can be both direct and inverted, on which the interpretation of the alignment will depend.
The High Priestess is one of the most important cards
The priestess card fell out - what does it mean
In some cases, when a priestess appears in the layout, this means the presence of any woman, but, most often, 2 lasso indicates that there is some kind of secret. The cards that are located next to it help to reveal the whole situation in more detail. The mystery will not be revealed immediately, it will take time for the situation to be fully clarified. For those who prefer to perceive everything directly, not paying attention to hints and signs, the secret will never be revealed. The card teaches wisdom only to those who trust the inner world. This tarot lasso is very strongly associated with intuition, which is most inherent in a woman who subtly understands this world.
- The card advises to be very attentive to minor coincidences and listen to the clues that come along the path of life. Each event carries some kind of sign that becomes the key to unraveling.
- The priestess symbolizes our inner powers, which include intuition and foreboding. These are the elements that defy logic, but are the best sources of knowledge. To find the answer, you need to pay attention to your dreams and everything that happens on a subconscious level. This is a subtle matter, but by understanding it, a person finds answers to the most difficult questions.
- The main meaning of the card is great wisdom, understanding of everything and special knowledge. If a priestess appears in the layout, this means that information will appear that will allow you to look at life from a different angle. In every situation there are hidden facts that are not subject to the usual explanation.
- the second lasso emphasizes appeasement and self-care. It is advisable to spend some time alone in order to understand the whole essence of what is happening, then the answers will come by themselves, and they will not need to be searched hard. There is no hurry, so you need to calm down and accept everything as it is. It is possible that after the completion milestone, one will achieve enlightenment and personal growth.
To interpret the meaning of the card, it is necessary based on the position in which it fell out. It can mean the following:
- the direct position is a symbol of wisdom and deep knowledge: it is necessary to boldly reveal the secret of the future, but remain calm and not talk about your intentions to others;
- the reverse position - if the card is turned upside down, it means insufficient spiritual development, superficiality in knowledge, as well as insufficient insight, this suggests that a person should take care of his spiritual growth.
An inverted card is the opposite of a straight card. In events, she portends the disclosure of secrets and everything that has been hidden for a long time. Speaking of personality, it characterizes the lack of patience, feelings, as well as ignorance. She says that a person is not able to clearly judge what is happening, has a blurred perception and one-sidedness. There is a denial of what is not visible, what is happening at the energy level. It may also indicate that there is fear in decision-making and flight from real life. Situations where you need to show feelings are diligently avoided. There is severity in actions and unwillingness to change.
Tarot popess in an inverted position can also indicate problems that have arisen due to insufficient insight and intuition.
Looking at the map from different angles, you can learn a lot. useful information. This applies to personal relationships, love, career, health and other areas of life. For a woman, this will mean the impossibility of finding mutual language with representatives of the same sex, for men - the denial of the manifestation of female character traits, which include care, tenderness and affection.
Tarot Popess - a symbol of wisdom and knowledge
Deep level and map description
Considering the card of the high priestess in a personal aspect, this is the personification of the feminine in the style of mysticism. She will say that you need to pay special attention to the subconscious. The knowledge of the priestess is hidden in the soul - its very depths, human fantasies and dreams. Reason prevents knowledge, which is at the level of intuition and the spiritual world. The card of the second lasso indicates the ability to see through everything, predict the future and even look through thoughts like a book. This is a woman who has special knowledge and the necessary wisdom, which is a worthy competitor to the stronger sex:
- absolutely all the wisdom that can be inherent only in women is embodied here, being both a protector, and a teacher, and a mentor;
- she sees invisible things and knows exactly what the structure of this world is;
- she is completely uninterested in power and control;
- she is patient, restrained, kind and knows how to forgive.
The powers of the subconscious are used only for the good of the world, to help people and heal them. The priestess knows the right path and is ready to show it to those who are determined to go. She is one of the guardian angels, the Virgin Mary, who is able to protect a person and make him strong. This card symbolizes mother and connection with God. It reveals to a person all aspects of his life, including tribal, karmic and psychological.
The high priestess points the right way
The meaning of the card in the aspect of love and relationships
Love and relationships are one of the most important areas of life. Here the priestess shows herself from the kindest side. It symbolizes mutual understanding, kinship of souls and care for each other. Partners are deeply attached to each other, sensual and confident that they are connected by an invisible thread.
- If the card appeared in the layout during a period of loneliness, it indicates that such a state is necessary and should be enjoyed. It also symbolizes the expectation of a new meeting, to which you need to be open. It is necessary to do as the inner voice tells, if you listen to it, not succumbing to the influence of other people.
- There is no need to consider the priestess at all at the level of everyday life, because this is not a household card. In this aspect, she can point to a female rival, the meaning of which is not fully known. And also this may indicate that there is another man, or there is a triangle in the relationship. In ancient times, if a card appeared in layouts, it was associated with feelings that were weakly expressed, or it could be a relationship of a platonic nature.
- In a relationship, it can mean hidden secret feelings. If a man comes across such a card, it portends the appearance of a loving and understanding woman in his life. Now many interpret the card of the second lasso as a strong and deep connection between partners. There is affection and trust in it, as well as something inexplicable, which manifests itself in the same actions and choosing something. Here there is a supersensory connection, in which there is no constant showdown. People do not quarrel and understand each other without words, sometimes it seems that they do not talk at all, as they are connected at the level of telepathy.
- In relationships, this card is also considered a symbol of loneliness. She does not exclude love relationships, but simply says that there is a rather unexpressed inclination towards them. The essence of the popess is boundless freedom. She believes in herself and in her responsibility, therefore she is inherent in self-sufficiency. There are no random people near the priestess. This is a patient and restrained person who is capable of long expectations. She can be alone for a long time and the inner “I” will always tell you where and how to act in order to meet her real soul mate. When she decides to look for a partner, she simply follows her inner voice, which leads her to the right place.
The card says that you need to be patient and be able to wait. It is characterized by exactingness and contemplation, it allows events to take place in right time. For what is happening will not need hope and wasted time. She does not miss the moment that was destined for her by fate, thanks to the fact that she goes with the flow. She accepts everything as it is and performs an important act at a time when no one expects. All her actions depend little on external factors. The priestess is a symbol of woman-perfection, but not in a cut love relationships. She knows too much to live in illusions and impulses of passion. She knows that love is the highest degree of feelings, where words are not needed for understanding, but touch is enough to heal.
Marriage with her will be a sacrament, palpable through time. There will always be a connection with her, so the person who appears next to her feels as if they have known each other forever.
The symbol of the priestess characterizes a person who is quite reserved and mysterious. The meaning of the tarot card speaks of the incomprehensibility of a person who has many secrets. He has sufficient patience, wisdom and insight. Nothing can be hidden from him - not even thoughts. His worldview is different from the generally accepted, and his advice is priceless. He does not need to observe a person in front of him in order to tell about him. The contact is maintained completely, despite some kind of partner silence. In the intimate sphere, the priestess does not seek pleasure. She is completely attuned to her partner, sensitive and patient. She has the art of directing the process of energy exchange, while remaining led.
The High Priestess does not indicate love passions
Professional area
In tarot, this card has many interpretations, depending on which area is being considered. If the priestess falls out in the layout when clearing financial condition, it describes promising events. It is very important to start active actions at the moment when there are favorable circumstances, and not spontaneously. Priestess associated with scientific activity and education, and therefore is a teacher for others. She very subtly understands the inner world of others, therefore she is good at psychology and healing. In this she is helped by developed intuition and insight.
The symbol of the priestess corresponds to tarologists, astrologers, psychotherapists and other representatives who are able to consider in detail the internal energy and show the right path to those in need.
The card is associated with creativity. Creative people are connected with the subtle worlds, the elements that they convey in their works. The second lasso always strives for knowledge of this world, as well as oneself in it. There is always a desire to develop, learn and learn new things. A person needs to improve, improve his skills, grow in his business, and reach the heights. It is also very important to develop your abilities in new directions, art and science.
A priestess, in most cases, means that a person is involved in a healing or esoteric field of activity. And also it shows that a person treats his business fundamentally. All decisions are made not only at the level of logic, but also intuition.
The High Priestess symbolizes esoteric activity
card combination
The Priestess, in combination with other tarot cards, can give a clearer and broader understanding of the situation, as well as provide answers to the most difficult questions.
- If in the scenario it is located next to the magician, this indicates that there is a conscious passivity. A person does not make any decisions consciously, waiting for an opportunity, or does not consider it necessary at all.
- When a priest falls out in combination with a priestess, the cards indicate that there will be support from a woman who will help achieve her goals. It is necessary to analyze your past well, which will lead to a bright future.
- The appearance of the empress is a very rare combination that brings good news. She says that a woman will be able to get pregnant and get the desired child. This may indicate a beneficial cooperation of partners.
- Not a very good combination is a priestess with a hermit. This suggests that a person withdraws into himself after a series of unpleasant events. So he tries to protect himself from the outside world. K not very good combinations also includes the hanged man, death and the devil.
- If the popess is located with the court in the scenario, there will be a reassessment of values. A person will begin to perceive the world and spiritual ideals differently.
- When the world appears in the layout, this symbolizes the completion of a certain stage of personality development. Tests, of which there were many before, are stopped, the results are summed up and conclusions are drawn.
- If the jester fell out, you must be extremely careful in your words and actions, since the disclosure of secrets is possible. The Hierophant, who will give revelation from above and wisdom, can also be attributed to good signs. A person will be able to realize everything that is happening and take a different look at the world.
- Two signs - the priestess and the emperor, indicate that things are being done correctly. Everything is under control and carried out according to plan, so success will be achieved in any case. The eight of wands, which symbolizes the achievement of goals, can also be attributed to a similar meaning.
The cards surrounding the Priestess will help to more accurately interpret her meaning.
The combination with the two of wands speaks of self-confidence, which is not always appropriate. It is necessary to treat the world around more favorably, and listen to the inner. If a four of swords fell out in a scenario, a person is advised to rest, relax and meditate. There has been very little time for myself lately, so it's time to take care of your inner self.
Tarot 2 lasso, along with a card of strength, says that you should keep quiet. There is no need to say too much, so as not to end up in a dubious situation.
And it can also relate to other people's secrets. The wheel of fortune suggests that you should not react violently to changes. Each change has its own secret meaning, so it is necessary to discern and accept it. Moderation symbolizes the understanding that comes with experience. Only by trial and error, a person learns the world and can draw conclusions.
The high priestess tarot card in combination with the tower speaks of a victory that will be achieved very soon. Everything that was done before was not in vain and justified. When the moon appears in the layout, this indicates that there is a rival in life or there is some kind of deception. The appearance of the sun is very good sign. This indicates that insight and understanding of everything that happens will come. All mysteries will be revealed and all will become clear. The Page of Cups speaks of a surprise that will delight and surprise. The King of Cups focuses on the subconscious, which needs to be worked on. This will help clarify situations and understand them correctly. The Three of Swords portends the revelation of a secret that will be bitter enough. This will affect later life and what decisions will be made.
The high priestess of the tarot, whose meaning is quite varied, is very good in itself. The card symbolizes wisdom in all aspects. This is a spiritual sign that promotes personal and spiritual development.
The main meaning of the card
Direct position
The priestess symbolizes a developed intuition, a feeling of the calls of the inner voice. The priestess in the layout reminds you of the need to take your time, take a wait and see attitude and let events take their course.
This Arkan in certain situations quite definitely indicates developed psychic inclinations (with the Hierophant or the Hermit) and the ability to see pictures of the future (especially if the Star Arkan fell nearby). However, this does not always mean that they are conscious and clearly felt.
The priestess is also a deep understanding that not everything can be understood and accepted from the standpoint of logic and notorious common sense. Such a card speaks of a correct understanding of the relativity and absoluteness of truths and what ordinary people consider unshakable.
And, besides, this Arcana can be proof that there is some secret or classified information, to disclose, which is not possible to obtain at the moment. With the Sun, this means that subsequently everything will be revealed and made clear.
Reversed position
In an inverted position, the Priestess can mean unreasonable fantasies, unwillingness to make decisions and a tendency to fatalism. If this Arcana fell out to a person upside down, it means that he is inclined to rely too much on the mercy of fate, to hope for a miracle.
A priestess in an inverted position may also indicate the danger of temptations. For example, together with the Seven of Cups, this card symbolizes an interest in perverted forms of pleasure; with the Jester - talkativeness and inability to keep secrets.
Love and relationships
Direct position
The priestess, when fortune-telling about relationships, says that between the people on whom the alignment is made, there is a very deep emotional connection (for example, with the Ace of Cups), a strong attachment (especially with the Nine of Cups). However, depending on the characteristics of the alignment, this Arcana may suggest a one-sided orientation, that is, only one person is tied to another.
The priestess, when divining for love, testifies to mutual trust between partners. In addition: The Priestess with the Three of Cups means a long-awaited explanation or offer of a hand, with the Six of Cups - an irresistible physical attraction to a partner.
Reversed position
The inverted Priestess indicates too much emotionality or, on the contrary, emotions suppressed for various reasons, as well as unreasonable fears and uncertainty about the promising future of existing or just about to arise relationships. Very characteristically, this situation is manifested in combination with the Page of Cups. The upside down priestess can also mean the fact that a person is not going to take a single step towards a partner, preferring to just wait. The Four of Swords especially accurately indicates the waiting position.
Career
Direct position
In the layouts for the profession, the Priestess symbolizes a talented person with a delicate artistic taste (which can be indicated, say, by the presence of the Knight of Cups nearby). Such people usually solve any problems patiently, putting their soul into them and listening to advice from outside and to their own intuition.
And also, if the Priestess fell out in the layout, this most likely means that the one for whom they are guessing will manage to be in the right place at the right time.
Reversed position
The priestess in an inverted position in such layouts is evidence that the situation is full of hidden motives and circumstances that it is not possible to judge objectively, at least at the time of divination. At the same time, the nearby Two of Wands will indicate the intrigues of competitors, the Five of Wands - that they are trying to "sit" you.
A person who has an inverted Priestess is likely to experience (has experienced or will experience) problems due to whims, insecurities, doubts of his own or from those around him.
Observe yourself, those around you, the situation. You know exactly how and when to act. But, perhaps, until you realize this report. In the meantime, do not understand your own feelings, do not allow yourself to act recklessly, fuss or rush things. Yes, even if it starts to seem to you that everything has finally fallen into place and fell into place, act slowly, judiciously. In a word, hurry slowly.
“There is such a feature of the mind: we are able to understand only what
what we already internally knowwhat is inside our own "I".
Swami Vivekananda
A special archetype of femininity is a wise and self-sufficient virgin. The Major Arcana Tarot card Priestess (Pope, High Priestess) can be correlated with the Roman goddess of the moon Diana, she is also Artemis among the Greeks. Unlike modern times, the ancients calmly gave a place to the highest femininity in the host of the gods. In this article, we will look at the description and meaning in the relationship of a direct and inverted card, interpretation and combination with other cards in layouts for love, health, career and work.
The High Priestess has ideas about what the laws of the universe are and owns esoteric wisdom.
Image of the High Priestess on the map
The woman is depicted seated, her head is adorned with a tiara from which moonlight pours. The Torah (book) lies on her knees, sometimes open, sometimes in the form of a scroll. In the palm of her hand she holds the keys, gold and silver. The keys symbolize unshakable pillars. Gold is an adequate mind. Silver - innate intuition.
Behind are statues or columns - this is Good and Evil, light and darkness. The throne is on a chessboard. A veil is stretched between the two columns, a symbol of virginity and a veil of secrets. The columns are the gates of Knowledge, through which only the Priestess can pass, holding out a scroll, she, as it were, says that the Higher Consciousness exists. The Priestess has the Moon on her diadem, it is a symbol of eternal femininity.
Description of personality
As a rule, the Popess Tarot points to a certain lady. She can be a mother, companion, neighbor, colleague, comrade-in-arms. Also, the Second Arcana shows that there is one or more secrets. Other cards in the layout can tell about what they specifically contain in themselves. It will not be possible to immediately reveal the hidden meaning, everything will become known at the right time. To those comrades who are accustomed to saying everything directly, without bluntness and without listening to the hints and lessons of life, the Priestess will in no case tell the secret meaning.
She is a teacher, but not for everyone. Only for those who are ready to comprehend the perfection of the subtle and wise world, and also for those who will be glad to turn to the hidden inner forces. Probably no one will be surprised by the fact that the ladies are better at it. The male sex has a particularly hard time, they tend to rely on their rationalism and common sense. A woman's nature is more subtle, vulnerable and more sensual, so for her rationalism is not always in the first place.
The High Priestess of the Tarot is, above all, insight. The sixth sense is exactly the principle by which it is guided. Some call it intuition, some call it clairvoyance, others call it flair. Whatever you call it, it works no worse than a man's, logical thinking and sometimes even better and more productive.
The lasso says that you should be very careful about all sorts of clues, hints, coincidences, "pointers" that come across throughout life path. Remember that nothing happens or appears in your life just like that. The priestess reminds people that they have unconscious and intuitive powers, the gift of foreboding, sometimes inexplicable, but based on the "sixth sense" conviction in upcoming events. This is the key to knowing that mysterious truth of the heart and soul, which is not subject to rational explanation.
Positive features
The priestess strives for calmness and balance, symbolizing a kind of withdrawal into oneself. She suggests thinking more, not fussing, trying to find peace and tranquility in yourself. You should not be tormented by solving problems right this minute, you should not waste your energy on negativity, just let go of the situation, and everything will be resolved soon without much effort.
The priestess tries to obey the will of real events and accept with humility everything that life circumstances offer her. She is inherent in solitude, so that she can listen to her natural biorhythms of body and soul, enjoying the sounds of the external environment. it is important for her to receive inner enlightenment for the formation of individuality and moral growth.
Having access to knowledge of the highest order, owning esoteric sciences, the Priestess almost on the fly catches the depth of the events taking place. Psychic gift and visualization are her faithful companions.
Such an individual is extremely rare. She is not to be confused with anyone. Concentration on others, silent contemplation, self-control, a combination of seeming passivity and mystery distinguishes her from the crowd so much that you get the impression that you are facing a person from another planet.
Her credo is a positive attitude and a constant balance should be in everything. She is not subject to aggressive moods, is not subject to a militant mood, does not fall into hysterics, does not like strong outbursts of emotions. Always balanced, wise beyond her years, devoid of stupidity. To understand the Priestess, to feel her mood and to go to a meeting is a difficult step, but quite feasible.
Negative Traits
The priestess knows how not to spread her secrets. Being mysterious is what she does best. And to be more precise, she simply protects her inner and slightly fragile world, protecting herself from the invasion of ignorant people. The Priestess also has the ability to listen without being a talker, which helps her keep her secrets.
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On a deeper level
The Priestess is part of the Life-Giving Energy. This is the personification of the very rationality and the manifestation of femininity, in the material and moral sense. This is a gift to “read” a person, to understand what he is like, to see the past, talk about the future and draw his own conclusions without demonstrating his superiority. This is a woman with capital letter. The goddess who gives knowledge to the world, carrying spiritual wisdom and moral instructions.
The Great Mother of all omnipresent, the second contemplative (passive) hypostasis of the spirit of the Universe. From their confrontation, everything real emerges. The relationship between Active and Passive influence shows that only in comparison, in dualism, a person begins to understand what the world and himself are capable of.
Popess Tarot meaning in the layout is the Mother, Intercessor, Guardian, Mentor, Life-giving force of the spirit. It symbolizes the magical primordial power given only to a woman. Due to the fact that men once ruled in religion, there was a negative perception of the spiritual component of women, which is why the “witch hunt” was launched as a competing force.
The priestess is the essence of knowledge. Power, dictatorship, power does not interest her at all. Her hypostasis is serving people, endurance, the ability to forgive, humility and tolerance, kindness and respect.
And all this for the sake of healing humanity, for the sake of helping everyone. She knows where and why to lead a person. In this, she is similar to the well-known Goddess Hekate, who sent prophetic dreams to people and patronized sorcery. She was the Moon Goddess and it was she who was worshiped by women seeking protection and solace.
The Magician and the Sun are more of a masculine Path. The Priestess and the Moon are, of course, feminine. The weak half is initially more receptive to everything magical and secret. The Empress card directs her unbridled energy into the world around her, the Priestess mostly inwards. Her purpose is to enrich her inner world with knowledge and enjoy the spiritual components, which the Empress does, but only with the external environment.
The general meaning of the Popess card
What does the Popess teach? Know yourself as part of the Universe. Develop hitherto unknown talents. Gain spiritual wisdom. Get new knowledge to gain other heights.
As a rule, this applies to magic, but the search for oneself in professional activities is not excluded. When an individual is under the influence of the subtle world, he can acquire the essence of knowledge in any aspect and in any area.
Sudden insight, well-functioning intuition, some clues, signs encountered. A special understanding of symbols and signs, the gift to feel the most opportune moment, to accept an inexplicable set of circumstances and mysterious coincidences. The High Priestess, the meaning of the card makes it clear that she is a Sacrament and should not be underestimated.
Veil over the future
Another interesting meaning, no less important, blurred prospects and not a clear future. It's like a riddle that will not be revealed immediately and not now. It is understood that it is not worth while asking questions about plans for the near future, the time has not yet come to “reveal all the cards”. At the moment, there are hidden motives, intriguing aspects, unrevealed omens that can influence the course of events.
The priestess has the gift of foresight, the ability to take information as if from the outside, but in fact from the depths of her soul.
The Priestess as Mystery and as Unknown, two meanings, only seem to be contradictory. In fact, she explains that we already have all the necessary knowledge, only they are hidden absolutely deeply. It often happens that we act as we think, but we do it like blind kittens. After some time, looking back, we realize that: "I knew everything in advance."
This is exactly what the priestess is trying to convey to us. It teaches us to understand and cognize most of the information already embedded in us. And this happens when we find in ourselves a remarkable strength to focus in order to gain morality.
Dreams as clues
You should always be careful about dreams that work on a subconscious level. See if they have answers to most of your questions. Remember, all the necessary knowledge is within a person, one has only to bypass the not dormant consciousness. It is common for a priestess to be wise, to have versatile knowledge, to be understanding, to comprehend the mysterious mysteries of the universe.
The Tarot Priestess, the meaning of this card, indicates that information will soon appear, it will become of interest to everyone and shed light on something previously unknown. It will be an event that everyone will look at from a different angle. Someone will be extremely surprised, someone shocked, and someone will breathe a sigh of relief. What happened should simply be taken for granted, we are all people, we are all God's children. Unfortunately or fortunately, people cannot control everything and everything, and also see their future ahead.
Don't rush to live
The priestess can be perspicacious and observant, be in a state of complete rest, gaining understanding and gaining awareness from everything that happens. It focuses on the unconscious perception of being.
People in a hurry to live do not have time to comprehend and accept the experience that they receive every day, if not every moment. They are ready to chase new experiences, forgetting that they have not yet dealt with the old ones. Ready to give their attention to anyone and anything, completely forgetting about themselves.
The High Priestess makes it possible for a person to give his all to the surrounding reality. It shows that an empty pastime is given, first of all, to comprehend oneself and one's actions. Sometimes you just need to stop and enjoy the moment, the event, everything that surrounds and fills the heart and soul.
Awareness of the feelings of the soul
The priestess gives life a deep moral meaning, focusing on the intuitive side of the soul, on working with subtle matters. These can be creative ideas, pop-up images, beautiful dreams, fantasy thoughts, as well as feelings at the level of perception. Everything that excites the feelings of people is not accidentally introduced into life through consciousness. The priestess is trying to tune the subtle strings of your soul that are not applicable as the implementation of any specific goal.
mystical manifestations
In a global sense, the card carries such mystical manifestations as telepathy at a distance, healing with the help of conspiracies, the gift of prophecy and access to the Great Book of Memories. By the way, not only the Book of Secrets, but also the Akashic Chronicles are symbolically on the knees of the Priestess.
That is why the Priestess is restraint, caution, modesty and a certain measuredness. Her motto is understanding. The need to define, explain and understand how the Universe works, why everything happens this way and not otherwise. All the knowledge gained is applied to help, cure and protect.
The meaning of the Priestess in various layouts
It is aimed at the future, the only thing is not to rush things. All projects should be started in a prosperous environment, when everything is favorable and conducive to "birth".
The priestess always patronizes applied sciences. She tries to educate people, imbued with their world. Priestesses are psychotherapists, magicians and sorcerers, tarologists, healers, astrologers. It can be said that they are professional advisers who will always help guide the individual on the true path and will not let them go astray.
The person of the Priestess card can be a creative and creative person. For example, an artist, artist, photographer, designer. Scientists are also influenced by the Priestess. Which suggests that these are the people who are tuned to the "mediumistic" wave. They seem to tune in to a subtle information field, feeding on creative energy that directs them in the right direction.
A prominent representative is Mendeleev: “I’ll dream of such a thing ...”
For finance and property
The complete lack of logical thinking makes it difficult to make informed decisions regarding finances and property. Only on an intuitive level can the correct and necessary information. Sometimes the presence of ulterior motives and factors can seriously harm the situation.
For love and relationships
As a rule, the Priestess indicates some secret, which means a hidden rival or rival. In ancient times, this card was personified with suppression, with hidden feelings. It could be both a secret passion and a platonic relationship. For the male Priestess, this is a meeting with his love, that is, with a woman who will turn out to be a gift from heaven.
Sometimes it is believed that the Priestess is a card of lonely hearts. In fact, it does not exclude the existence of a love relationship. Just takes it seriously.
The essence of the Priestess is independence. In no case will there be random and unnecessary people around her. Because she is self-sufficient. She just looks into the eyes of the chosen one and he, consider, is gone.
This card is the epitome of the ideal woman. To achieve her goals, she does not need to indulge in stormy adventure novels. She knows the essence of love relationships, which makes the heart flutter just at one glance. Marriage with the Priestess, this is exactly the case when even "death will not separate us." Therefore, with her there is a feeling that acquaintance lasts forever.
Priestess is a rather fine-tuned partner. It's almost impossible to hide anything. Her advice is invaluable. In sex, she does not chase after an orgasm, allowing her partner to completely retain power over herself in order to give all her healing energy. At the same time, having retained contact, he is able to direct the process in such a way that there is an interchange of flows of increasing energy. The indisputable feature of the Priestess is laconicism and tact, and this is how she "takes" her partner.
For the state of health
The Priestess is inextricably linked with the cycle of the Moon. As you know, it is the Moon that has an impact on the feminine principle, on its harmonious existence, on the cycle of a woman and on the conception of a child.
The card in the layout sometimes indicates a hormonal failure (remember, men also have hormones and there can also be problems with them), which affects health. She is also responsible for memory, for all memories, for good dream and even for bursts in the mood.
Reversed Card Meaning
Cruelty, intransigence, uncompromisingness, ignorance, indifference. Detachment, clouded state of mind, one-sidedness, inability to think positively. Fear when making an adequate decision, inability to withstand difficulties, indecision in everyday life. The reversed Priestess shows that a person is mired in problems due to a lack of observation. If this is a man, then he is too soft and tender. If a woman, then she is not ready for a healthy dialogue and the emergence of relationships with men.
An inverted card indicates that a woman is not intimately satisfied, because she is simply not in demand among men. Possible diseases in a feminine way, difficulties in giving birth to a baby. If the Priestess suddenly fell out to a man, he also cannot find “contact” with a woman, not in an intimate way, not in terms of building a serious and even marital relationship. He does not feel the Anima in himself - the part of consciousness identified by Jung, which is associated with the Eternal Feminine.
Combinations with other cards
- With the Magician - indifference;
- With the Empress - promises joy. Unexpected news about the pregnancy, which has long been expected. Favorable partnership agreement.
- With the Hierophant - an omen that promises only good;
- With the Hermit - a bad combination, talking about complete loneliness, that a person is all in himself;
- With the Hanged Man - the same thing, but in this case, the forecast is not so pronounced.
- With Death, the Devil - a bad sign;
- With the Court - a reassessment of moral ideals, a rethinking of the system of priorities;
- With Peace - the formation of personal growth has come to an end, the difficulties are over, you can take stock and receive a reward for the righteous works;
- With the Two of Wands - arrogance and self-confidence;
- With the Four of Wands - a sign of well-being;
- With the Seven of Wands - a hostile rival;
- With the Eight of Wands - everything planned will come true;
- With the Four of Swords - respite, relaxation;
- With the Five of Swords - peace;
- With the Page of Cups - a prosperous sign.
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